Refrigerator.



V. L. PORMENTOS.

REPRIGBRATOR.

APPLIUATION FILED 313.16. 1910.

972,074. Patented Oct. 4, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1. f-l- Patented Oct. 4, 1910 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

V. L. PORMENTOS.

REFRIGBRATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED rEB.16,1910.

man!!! VICENTE L. FORMENTOS, 0F MANILA, PHILIPP1'T.\l'1} ISLANDS.

BEFBIGERATOR.

Specification of Letters Pa tent.

Patented Oct. 4, 1910.

Application tiled February 16, 1910. Serial No. 544,279.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICEXTE L. FORMEN-` 'rosx a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residinv` at Manila. in the Province of Manila, Phi inpineIslands, 'have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRefrigerators; ancLI do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact-'description of the in# vention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in refrigerators and isparticularly designed to provide a refrigerator which is so constructedas to provide compartments for the receptionof ice, food, and bottledgoods, such as water, the bottles being so arranged as to beautomatically fed for delivery so that the bottles to be next used arealways on the bottom, at the coolest part of the refrigerator.

With this object in view, the invention consists in theJ arrangement andcombinations of parts hereinafter described, and the particular featuresof novelty will be pointed out more succinctly in the claims.

While the invention is not restricted to the exact details shown anddescribed, still for thepurpose of disclosure reference is had totheaccompanying drawings, representing a practical embodiment of theinvention, in which drawings like letters designate the same parts inthe two views, and 1n which- Figure 1 is-avfront elevation of myimproved refrigerator With the door swung open and a portion of thefront belng broken away to show more clearly the interior arrangement,and Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section in a plane parallel to thefront.

1 designates the exterior housing of my improved refrigerator,consist-ing of the spaced side walls '2 and 3 and the bottom wall 4,spaced a substantial distance from the bottom proper ofthe box, andformin compartments 5 andvG, which may be fille up with charcoal or corkdust, or other suitable cleanlymaterial which assists in re-l tainingthe interior of the refrigerator in a cool state. It will, vof course,be understood 'that the rear walls and a. ortion ofl the front wall maybe similary spaced and packed with suitable material, althou h the frontof the ice-box may be entirely o glass, especially Where the box is tobe used for display purposes. In the drawings, howthe division plate 11,extending in a direction fromthe front to the rear of the box.

Supported on the top of this division plate 11 area pair of U-shapedrods 12, arranged parallel and spaced from each other,

land from the rear wall of the refrigerator.

These rods' may be secured to the division block 11 by means of screws,as shown, and the upper ends of the rods are bent rearwardly and arefastened to the rear wall of the refrigerator. The division block 11 maybesecured to the curved base board 10 in any suitable way, andit mayalso be fixed l to the rear wall ofthe refrigerator, for in-` stance bythe bracket member 13..

14 designates an upper tray extending-between the -U-shaped rods andproviding a` shelf for articles of food, and 15 is a lower tray forreceiving the ioe.

16 is afdrain pipe, leading from the inside of the curved base 10,anopening 17 being provided in the division late to allow-the wat-er oneach side thereo to drain down to the pipe. The lower end of the pipeprojects beneaththe refrigerator and is provided with a cup 18, whichmay be held in place by any suitable means, such as the clamping fingers19 shoved up into the end of the pipe. By this construction, a trap isformed whereby the water is allowed to `drain off without air passing upthe pipe into contact with the ice.

In residences or establishments where it is desired to keep a quantityof Water iced for drinking purposes, it has been-found to be a greatdisadvantage to place the bottles promiscuously into the refrigerator,becausey very frequently a bottle just refilled would probably be theone to be rst taken out, before it was fully iced.' By my invention,however, I provide means whereby in operation the bottles are placed oneupon the other in the upper chambers formed by the U- shaped inner walland the U-shaped division rods, so that when the lowermost bottles,which must of necessity be the coldest, are withdrawn, the next coolestbottles are fed into -place for withdrawal, and the emptied bottles maybe relled and replaced at the vas each bottle is. withdrawn it may-berefilled and replaced,- as before stated. The'bottles may be placed inposition through-the top of the ice-box 9, or where the front of the boxconsists of a hinged door the bottles may be placed in position from thefront.

Of course it will be understood that the interior of the box may besuitably lined with any proper material, such as zinc, porcelain, orother well known linings.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen ,that by the arrangementillustrated there is provided not only a cooling chamber for articles offood, but also a separate chamber for receiving a number of bottles,

out of contact with the food or ice, and delivering the bottlesalternately atthe bottom of the ice-box, Where the temperature islowest.-

Having thus described the invention, it will beseen that a very eicientrefrigerator is produced, and one which is particularly adapted for usewhere it is desired to display the contents of the refrigerator.

What I claim is 1. In a refrigerator, the combination of a housingcontaining an internal compartment of U-shaped construction, a divisionplate at the base of said-U-sha-ped compartment, a vertically disposedinternal member of U` shaped construction having its sides ar- -rangedparallel to the sides of said compartment and having its base supportedby -said division block, whereby two guideways are formed at each sideof the refrigerator, substantially as described.

sion plate, thebottom of said interior U- shapedl member forming asupport for the ice, and said U-s'haped member and the walls .of saidU-shaped compartment forming guideways on each side of the ice support,substantially: as described. 4 3. In a refrigerator, the combination ofa housingr having a U-shaped compartment, a

division plate extendin across said compartment, yan lnterior U-s a' edmember supported at its base by sai division plate, a shelf mountedWithin said U-shaped member at a. substantial distance from the bottomthereof, forming a support for food, the

space between the base of said U-shaped member and said shelf forming anice chamber, and said U-sha ed member and U- shaped compartment orming acurved hopper or guideway for receiving and feeding downwardly a seriesof receptacles at each side of the ice compartment, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a refrigerator, the combination of a' housing having a compartmentof U-shaped construction, a plurality of rods of U-shaped constructionsupported within said U-shaped chamber and spaced from each other andfrom the rear wallv of said chamber, said U- shaped rods forming an opensu port for the 1ce, and said rods and U-shape chamber forming aU-shaped guideway or hopper for 'receiving vand holding receptacles outof contact with the food and ice, and delivering said receptacles to thebase of said compartments where the temperature is lowest, substantiallyas described.

In testimon whereof, I aiiix my signature, in presence o .two Witnesses.

VICENTE L. FORMENTOS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES C. COHN, F. GONZALEZ Dmz.

